Device for treatment by temperature



J. F. MORRIS.

DEVICEFOR TREATMENT BY TEMPERATURE. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1921.

1,393,153. Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

EL @2154: w/m 221%2715' UNITED STATES JOHN FOX MORRIS, OF PEORIA,ILLINOIS.

DEVICE IEdR TREATMENT BY TEMPERATURE.

Application filed January 14, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN Fox MORRIS, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forTreatments by Temperature, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing,-form1ng art of this specification.

My invention re ates to devices whereby local applications of eitherheat or cold may be made at various points of the human anatomy such asrectal applications of heat or cold to the prostate gland orapplications of heat or cold to the vagina, or applications of a changeof temperature to any localized portion of the nasal passages or thehead or throat spaces or cavities.

One object of my invention is the provision of a relatively inflexiblecase or holder, having a movable part and a relatively flexibletreatment medium container with means for introducing a treatment mediuminto the container to distend or expand it to bring a portion of thecontainer into contact with the subject of the treatment.

Another object of my invention is to so shape and arrange the parts ofthe device that it may be easily placed in position and operated andremoved;

Another object of my invention is to so arrange the parts of the devicethat it may be readily dis-assembled for cleaning or other purposes.

Other objects of my invention will appear and be described in thespecification.

The novelty of my invention will be hereinafter more fully set forth andspecifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a device embodying my invention.

Fi 2 is an elevation of the device shown in Fig. 1 showing the parts inoperating position. V

Fig. 3 is an end view of Fig. 1.

The same numerals of reference are used to indicate identical parts inall the figures.

end and tapered and flanged at the other end, and of suificient lengthand of a suitable Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

Serial No. 437,267.

size for the various treatments which it is intended to be used for.

A. relatively flexible treatment medium container 4 is mounted withinthe case and attached thereto adjacent the top thereof as by a suitablehook 5, the lower end of the treatment medium container being connectedto a base 6 through which the inlet tube 7 and the outlet tube 8 pass,the inlet tube 7 extending through a portion of the length of the caseand terminating in a discharge portion 9 which may have a series ofperforations as shown in Fig. l to the end that the treatment medium maybe proected as a series of relatively fine streams for certain classesof treatments.

The inlet and outlet tubes 7 and 8 pass through suitable openings in-theend of the section 2 of the case 1, the inlet tube 7 being preferablyconnected as by flexible tube 10 to a Y connection 11, one leg of whichmay be connected to a source of supply for a heated medium of treatmentwhile the other leg 13 may be connected to a cool supply and each of thesources of supply provided with a suitable control valve to the end thatthe treatment medium may be permitted to pass through the device and itstemperature changed as required by either admitting the warm or cooltreating medium or any combination of the two.

Water at the roper temperature may be used as it won d have the leastharmful effect on the treatment medium container,

which is preferably made of thin soft rubber though. if the treatmentmedium container is made of other material, other treat-' ment mediumsmight be used to advantage. The two sections of the case 1 arepreferably made of hard rubber though other material may be used wheredesired.

The outlet tube 8 is preferably connected as by any flexible tube 14 toany suitable receptacle from which the treatment medium may be removedfor subsequent use if desired.

A pair of guides 15 are carried by the section 3 of the case 1 and theseguides enter recesses 16 in the section 2 to the end that when it isdesired to place the device in position for operation, the two sectionsmay be properly registered and handled together.

The operation of the device is as follows: If it is desired to treat aprostate gland, the two sections of the case 1 are placed together asshown in Fig. 1 with the soft rubber container inclosed between them andthe outside of the case 1 properly lubricated it is desired to treat,after which the mov-- able section 3 is either partly or entirelywithdrawn and the treatment medium introduced into the container. Whereit is desired to'treat a relatively small area, the section 3 of thecase would be withdrawn to approximately the position shown in Fig. 2.The treatment medium will distend the container. 4 until itcomes incontact with the membrane or tissue of the patient on that side of thedevice which is opened the moving of the section 3 as shown in ig. 2,the amount of the distention being determined by the amount of pressureupon the treatment medium which can be regulated either by elevating thedischarge tube 14 until a sufiicient head is developed or by restrictinthe outlet by means of any suitable va ve to the end that the container4 may be forced againstthe parts to be treated with any required amountof ressure.

By carr ing the inlet tube to a point adjacent t e pointed end of thecase 1 and then turning it, a pulsating treatment may be given bysubjecting the treatment medium to pressure and admitting itintermittently whereby it will be thrown against the container todistend it to contact with the patient at the times when the treatmentmedium is being admitted and this pulsating treatment may be combinedwith a temperature treatment by controlling the temperature of thetreatment medium while intermittently introducing it under'pressure.

If it is desired to treat a larger area than would be ossible with theparts in the position of ig. 2, the section 3 may be withdrawn to agreater extent or entirely while a small area' may be treated bywithdrawing the section 3 to a less extent than shown in Fig. 2.

After the treatment has been accomplished, the treatment medium ispermitted to drain from the container and the device removed from thepatient.

It is to be noted that the base 6 is arranged with a depressed channelso that the container 4 may be slipped over the base andheld in placethereon by means of a rubber band or other suitable binder to make atight joint against the escape of the treatment medium when pressure isapplied, this form of joint being easily disconnected for -r'emoval ofthe treatment medium container should it be ruptured, or for otherpurposes.

It is to be noted that where water is used as a treatment medium, noinjurious results then follow a rupture of the treatment mediumcontainer.

To remove the interior parts of the device from the case, it is onlynecessary to disconnect the tubes 10 and 14, unscrew the tube 8 from thebase 6 and the container 4 from the hook 5 whereupon the interior partsmay be moved toward the rounded end of the case and removed therefrom.

The assembling is accomplished by inserting the tube 7 through theopening in the end of the case and placing the other parts in position,engaging the container 4 with the hook 5, screwing the tube 8 into thebase 6 and connecting the tubes 10 and 14;.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

1. In a treatment device the combination of a-relatively inflexible casehaving a movable portion, a relatively flexible treatment mediumcontainer in said case, and means for introducing a treatment mediuminto the container whereby when the movable portion of the case is moveda portion of the flexible container will be distended.

2. In a treatment device the combination of a two-part relativelyinflexible case, a

treatment medium container carried by one part of the case, and means'for introducing a treatment medium into the container whereby thecontainer will be distended when one part of the case is moved withrelation to the other part.

3. In atreatment device the combination of a two-part relativelyinflexible ease, guides cooperating between the two portions of the casewhen the parts are in registration, a relatively flexible treatmentmedium container carried by one member of the case, and a treatmentmedium inlet for introducing a treatment medium into the containerwhereb when one part of the case is moved with relation to the otherpart, the flexible container may be distended.

4. In a treatment device the combination of a two-part relativelyinflexible case, a relatively flexible treatment medium containercarried by one part of the case, a treatment medium introducing tubeprojecting into the treatment container and discharging laterallywhereby whenone por-' tion of the case is moved with relation to theother'and a treatment medium'is introduced under a pulsatin pressure, aportion of the treatment me ium container will be pulsatingly distended.

5. In a treatment devicethe combination of a relatively inflexibletwo-part case, a treatment medium container carried by one part of thecase, and means whereby the relatively flexible container may be dis-.tended to treat a localized area of a patient when one part of the caseis moved with relation to the other art.

J O N FOX MORRIS.

